Aidong Yang

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Aidong Yang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Aidong Yang has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Aidong Yang's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (10 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (9 papers). Aidong Yang is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (10 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (9 papers). Aidong Yang collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Germany. Aidong Yang's co-authors include Till Weidner, Matthew Leach, Wolfgang Marquardt, Elías Martínez-Hernández, Kok Siew Ng, Michael W. Hamm, Chao Chen, Jan Morbach, Antonis Kokossis and Jianjun Qiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Aidong Yang

123 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Aidong Yang	651	600	504	456	384	132	3.7k
Chew Tin Lee	815 1.3×	296 0.5×	469 0.9×	753 1.7×	615 1.6×	155	6.0k
Saiful Islam	481 0.7×	455 0.8×	202 0.4×	455 1.0×	375 1.0×	246	3.5k
Alvin B. Culaba	1.6k 2.4×	432 0.7×	266 0.5×	699 1.5×	278 0.7×	192	4.0k
Jeng Shiun Lim	1.1k 1.7×	645 1.1×	158 0.3×	508 1.1×	695 1.8×	140	4.5k
Aristotle T. Ubando	1.8k 2.7×	585 1.0×	289 0.6×	750 1.6×	354 0.9×	192	4.0k
Jhuma Sadhukhan	1.4k 2.2×	581 1.0×	426 0.8×	411 0.9×	634 1.7×	128	3.7k
A. K. Awasthi	765 1.2×	923 1.5×	636 1.3×	158 0.3×	765 2.0×	257	6.4k
Xiaoyu Yan	798 1.2×	639 1.1×	430 0.9×	1.0k 2.2×	981 2.6×	171	4.7k
Benyamin Khoshnevisan	1.1k 1.7×	388 0.6×	487 1.0×	425 0.9×	269 0.7×	102	5.2k
Mohamed Farghali	1.1k 1.7×	536 0.9×	211 0.4×	809 1.8×	634 1.7×	62	5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aidong Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Aidong, et al.. (2026). Substituting fossil fuels in cement production with solar energy to reduce carbon emissions. Renewable Energy. 260. 125227–125227.

Long, Sihui, et al.. (2025). Modeling and Feasibility Assessment of Mineral Carbonation Based on Biological pH Swing for Atmospheric CO₂ Removal. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(19). 6972–6981.

Wang, Nan‐Kai, et al.. (2025). Deep Learning-Based Prediction of Enzyme Optimal pH and Design of Point Mutations to Improve Acid Resistance. ACS Synthetic Biology. 14(12). 4897–4906.

Zeng, Hong, et al.. (2024). Systematic elucidation of independently modulated genes in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum reveals a trade‐off between secondary and primary metabolism. Microbial Biotechnology. 17(2). e14425–e14425. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Pengpeng, Lixiao Zhang, Yan Hao, et al.. (2024). Food–energy–water nexus optimization brings substantial reduction of urban resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. PNAS Nexus. 3(2). pgae028–pgae028. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Shengbo, Yongsheng Zhou, Lei Dai, Aidong Yang, & Jianjun Qiao. (2024). Assembly of functional microbial ecosystems: from molecular circuits to communities. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 48(6). 7 indexed citations

Yang, Aidong, et al.. (2024). Assessing the net carbon removal potential by a combination of direct air capture and recycled concrete aggregates carbonation. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 212. 107940–107940. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Jinyuan, et al.. (2023). Surrogate modelling-assisted comparison of reactor schemes for carbon dioxide removal by enhanced weathering of minerals using seawater. Chemical Engineering Journal. 461. 141804–141804. 3 indexed citations

Weidner, Till, Aidong Yang, Florian Förster, & Michael W. Hamm. (2022). Regional conditions shape the food–energy–land nexus of low-carbon indoor farming. Nature Food. 3(3). 206–216. 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Aidong, et al.. (2022). Urban bioeconomy: Uncovering its components, impacts and the Urban Bio-Symbiosis. 3. 100015–100015. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Chao & Aidong Yang. (2020). Power-to-methanol: The role of process flexibility in the integration of variable renewable energy into chemical production. Energy Conversion and Management. 228. 113673–113673. 107 indexed citations

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Yu, Yejiong, Aidong Yang, Hua Ye, Julian F. Dye, & Zhanfeng Cui. (2020). Numerical study of the formation and drying kinetics of a capillary bridge of trehalose solution between two parallel hydrophilic fibres. Chemical Engineering Science. 226. 115849–115849. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Ziming, Da Li, Lei Xing, et al.. (2020). Modeling and Upscaling Analysis of Gas Diffusion Electrode-Based Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction Systems. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(1). 351–361. 55 indexed citations

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Yang, Aidong, et al.. (2019). Analysis of productivity and stability of synthetic microbial communities. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 16(150). 20180859–20180859. 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Aidong, et al.. (2018). Quantification of global waste heat and its environmental effects. Applied Energy. 235. 1314–1334. 157 indexed citations

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Yang, Aidong, et al.. (2018). Overyielding potential of microalgal polyculture with complementary light absorption spectra: A model-based analysis. Biomass and Bioenergy. 118. 141–148. 6 indexed citations

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Martínez-Hernández, Elías, et al.. (2017). Insight-Based Approach for the Design of Integrated Local Food-Energy-Water Systems. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(15). 8643–8653. 20 indexed citations

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Cecelja, Franjo, et al.. (2017). Techno-economic assessment of natural gas displacement potential of biomethane: A case study on domestic energy supply in the UK. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 131. 193–213. 10 indexed citations

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Martínez-Hernández, Elías, et al.. (2016). A Framework for Modeling Local Production Systems with Techno‐Ecological Interactions. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 21(4). 815–828. 22 indexed citations

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Sadhukhan, Jhuma, et al.. (2014). Practical approach for engineers to optimise industrial ovens for energy saving. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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